“Barking and Dagenham Council has become the first local authority in the United Kingdom to guarantee all its lowest paid employees will be get a minimum wage of £9 an hour or £16,425 Per Annum. “The Council’s Cabinet agreed on Tuesday, 12 February, that all permanent Council staff and agency staff working on Council assignments, …
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Canary Wharf
Heart of Darkness. Thatcher’s Tombstone. Canary Wharf. More on flickr.
Random Architecture Shot: Barbican Estate
Dafoe House and Lauderdale Tower at the Barbican.
Council Notes
In no particular order. Harrow Council announced that it will begin a revamp of Harrow Town Centre on Mar 4. The £2 million project aims to create a “cafe culture” by changing the look and feel of St Ann’s Road. Hammersmith & Fulham Council signed a managed service contract with BT to radically overhaul the …
Wandsworth Planning to Bar Public Alcohol Consumption in Roehampton, Putney Heath
The Wandsworth Council and the “local police” are planning to apply for a “Designated Public Place Order (DPPO), which will make outside public spaces in Roehampton and Putney Heath ward alcohol free areas.” The announcement was made on Thurs, Feb 7. According to the press release, the plan is to bar public consumption of alcohol …
Avant-garde, Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets
Rising over Bethnal Green Road and Sclater Street, the Avant-garde is a 25 storey residential development promising up to three bedrooms. A one bedroom, one bath is listed on the site for £395K. Three bedrooms with two baths will set you back £750K. Floors 20-24 contain the “Altitude Apartments”, which “have a luxuriously enhanced sense …
London Assembly Backs Increasing Bike Funds
On Friday, the London Assembly asked Mayor Boris Johnson to guarantee that 2% of Transport for London’s £3,560 million capital budget be spent on cycle projects — that’s £145 million. The full assembly voted Monday to back the recommendation and asked Johnson to include the amendment in his final budget. No word on what Johnson …
Wandsworth Urges Residents to Tell Transport Secretary of Lost Sleep
The Borough of Wandsworth is urging residents to write to Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin detailing how noise from Heathrow affects their lives. Over the past 14 months, the council said it has received more than 1K complaints from residents. During this period, Heathrow has been experimenting with additional flights during what had …
London Feb 11, 2013
Not as snowy as the U.S. Northeast, but flurries in London.
Lewisham to Consider Impact of Cuts on Emergency Services
Faced with cutbacks to police, fire and ambulance services, Lewisham Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee is to discuss how to undertake a review of emergency services in the borough. The meeting will take place on Monday, Feb 11 at 7:30pm in the Civic Suite of Lewisham Town Hall. The borough stands to lose two police …
Sean Gallagher 